— "ι נυѕт ∂σ ιт му ωαу"

ZOEY AKILA bennet !
sugarhill, zoey's crib
featuring; @itszoeyb .

"BITCH WAKE THE fuck up!!" marie yelled into the phone as zoey fell asleep on her vanity desk again. but when marie yelled loud as hell it caused her head to shoot up in hurry but ended up hitting her mirror that was next to her when she fell asleep.

"oww what the fuck." zoey whined quietly as she put her hand to her jaw, where she had hit it. and hurt more than it would since she had just gotten her braces tightened and that shit hurts.

marie laughed loudly as she continued to do her makeup. zoey was meant to be already done with her own makeup but she had fallen halfway through it and ciara had just noticed.

all three of zoey, jahzara and marie were supposed to all wake up at the same time, to get ready but jahzara was sleeping. even with all the times they had run the girl she didn't pick up once.

it wasn't a big shocker since jahzara was always sleeping.

"omg where are my clothes?" zoey groaned as she got up from her chair to grab her clothes where she had last remembered putting them, her bed.

she had layed out the outfit since last night so she was ready for the first day back but she had fallen asleep more then twice. the girl had already showered and was in her undergarments with a sweater to cover her top and black shorts she always wore under everything.

zoey changed into her outfit quickly which consisted of a white graphic tee and black cargo pants that stuck onto her legs perfectly. she forced the infared jordan 4s onto her feet. her hair was pulled back into a a puffy ponytail, and her dark skin glowed with the lights of the vanity lighting .

"zoey should i leave my braids down or put in a clip, sum like that?" marie asks as zoey comes back into the screen view. "it would look cute down but ya know you look good in everything marie."

"aww." marie coos as she leaves her braids alone. "you too nice to me zo."

zoey just laughs softly as she begins on her makeup. she was getting ready for the first day of school and she would be starting her sophomore year. the girl was over the moon to say the least, summer was fun but she can't wait to go back.

but she always ends up hatin the year anyway so it doesn't even matter.

zoey just laughs softly as she begins on her makeup. she was getting ready for the first day of school and she would be starting her sophomore year. the girl was over the moon to say the least, summer was fun but she can't wait to go back.

but she always ends up hatin the year anyway so it doesn't even matter.

"oo zozo you look too good." marie coos as she runs a hand through her braids. zoey put a hand over her cheeks, "thank you stinkaa."

the girl took out her essentials for her face — along with her makeup. she then picked up her remote, opening up her apple tv and navigating to her playlist, the song 'session 32' playing.

marie puts her lipgloss down. "zo is your mom gon drop us off? or my mines?"

"mines. she already makin breakfast anyway." zoey mumbled as she puts on her lashes. marie nods, putting her screen on pause to text the gc to notify jahzara when she ends up waking.

minutes went by quickly and the two were finally done getting ready, zoey had left the call when she heard her mom calling her down.

zoey puck up phone seeing as jahzara had just woken up when she joined the call with marie. zoey could already hear her screaming.

the darkskin girl picked up her backup along with her phone before walking out of her room. "zozo! c'meree lemme take a photo you look so cute." zoey's dad yelled when he saw his daughter get into view.

zoey rolls her eyes as he does this every first day of school. bald headed daddy.

zoey slid past her while he was trying to find his polariod camera since he liked things so old fashion, he wanted to get the photos in physical form.

"hi ma." zoey greeted her mother with a side hug as her mother placed a soft kiss to her forehead. "hi baby, here's the food. and tell jah not to be late today i have a early shift."

zoey nodded at her mom's request, pulling out her phone to text jahzara before turning her purple iphone back off.

the darkskin girl only put a fork full of waffles in her mouth but then heard a click of a camera flash. "awww you look jus like mama, zo." her dad coos as the polaroid picture comes out.

zoey just lets out a embarrassed smile as she continues to eat her breakfast, conversing with her mom. "baby you gon do music again?" her mom asks.

zoey was known for being one of the best flute players in her school. she did band for her whole middle school years, but she didn't get band last year since she decided to try dance.

now she was totally gonna change back to band since, yeah she was good at dance but she got bored of it quickly. "yeah i put my request to change it last week." zoey nodded her head.

her mom nodded — letting a smile form on her face from her words. she knew how much her daughter loved music and was glad that she tried new things instead of just sticking to the smile thing.

"zozo hurry! come take photos." her dad enthusiastically yelled out.

zoey groaned as she dragged herself to her dad, sending her mom a dreadful look while she just laughed. "your husband is crazy." she says.

"mhm."

sugarhill, harlem, kennedy heights highschool .

"MAN THESE NIGGAS stank oh my word." jahzara scrunched her face up , putting a hand up to her nose for the dramatic effect.

"word to omg." marie shakes her head in agreement. they wasn't even lyin cause they sweat nobody showers or wash they clothes and it was the first day of school! don't know how niggas even forget that.

"y'all so mean." zoey laughs as they walk into the big glass doors of the school.

both of the girls shrug in response. "ion care these niggas smelll." jahzara drags while they walk to there designated lockers.

"anyways chile. what y'all got for first period?" marie asks as she pulls out her phone since she got her schedule online somehow. jahzara looks at her piece of paper which stated she had math forst. "i have math wit ms columbus? man what the fuck."

zoey let's out a giggled but stops when she realizes she has history first. now there was nothin to giggle bout now. "stop i have history wit mrs jackson. who the fuckkk."

marie frowns. "i got science first. but what's y'all homeroom?"

"328." zoey says as she looks up. "220." marie frowns.

jahzara scrunches her eyebrows together. "i got 409. i thought this school only had four floors how i got one that start with four?"

both of the other girls start laughing while jahzara stood there trying to figure out how she got 409. the first number always determined while floor your own and while this school only had 3 floors she got one that starts with four.

"well we already missed homeroom right? it's already eight ten." zoey points out when her laughter shimmered down.

"man ion care imma get this shi changed, imma catch y'all at maybe english 2nd period?" jahzara hugs the girls. "yupp i got english second." zoey smiled.

jahzara claps her hand. "good good! i have someone to irritate. now bye y'all." the darkskin girl literally starts speed walking because the first bell just rung.

"already? that's racist." marie frowns as she gives zoey a tight hug like the two won't see each other 2nd period. "oh and zoey!" marie exclaims as they were still huggin.

"you remember my cousin ethan?" she tilts her head while zoey nods. she remembers her two cousins, david and ethan. they went to another school but zoey always said hi when they were on facetime with marie.

"they transferred to this school, and he texted me he had history first. he also has my fuckin blinker so tell him i asked fo it aight?"

"okay."

the two let go and marie makes her way upstairs while zoey had to go the opposite way since hers was on the first floor, on the other side of the building. zoey always looked down when she was walkin so she didn't ever know when she was walking into somebody.

until her head literally hit somebody's strong ass chest.

when she did it caused a item to fall on the floor — it was a whole ass blinker. at 8 in the morning, who smokes this early?

but out of respect and with the way zoey was she bent down to get it before getting back up, smiling just to be met with a lightskin boy with a mug on his face.

the boy's eyebrows furrowed as he looked down to face the person who bumped into him. His lips were pursed in a frown, and his eyes were fixed on the ground as if he was trying to control his anger. despite his frustration, his skin was smooth and had a light brown complexion.

zoey's eyes sparkled as she smiled at the boy who bumped she bumped into. she picked up handed the blinker to him, saying "that was my bad. are you okay?" the boy's expression darkened as he snatched his things from her hands and pushed her away.

the boy had a deep frown etched onto his face as he looked down at the ground. his curly hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail, emphasizing the sharp angles of his face. despite the warm embrace on his skin, he looked cold and distant, as if he was lost in thought.

"leave me alone," he muttered, his voice full of anger. despite his rudeness, the girl continued to smile at him, determined to be his friend.

zoey watched as the boy shoved her out the way as he made his way to his class or even skipping. she couldn't lie he was mean, but she was never the type to judge someone off first impressions.

zoey walked into her classroom with a smile on her face, despite the fact that she had just bumped into someone who was very rude to her. she held her head high and walked to her seat, looking around the room to see if she could talk to anyone to cure her boredom.

"welcome back y'all. today is the first day so i jus want y'all to get to know each other ya know? so be free to talk to anyone, interact and don't be borin. i kno y'all big mouths can talk." the teacher told them.

zoey could tell that even if she didn't like this class it doesn't mean she won't like the teacher.

the girl looked around to see who was talkin to anyone and saw most people on there phones or actually talking to someone. now she could tell if someone didn't wanna talk, and the ones who were on their phones were definitely one of 'em.

zoey's neck turned back when she heard the back door of the class open. her eyes met with a boy who had soft curls that went down past his shoulders — he put his finger to his lips to indicate of zoey to not say anything.

she nodded, turning her head like she didn't just see someone come to their first period class late. on the first day of school.

"yoo ain't you one of mar's girls?" a deep voice claimed causing zoey to look back seeing another lightskin one? so many fuckin lightskins she think they all look the same.

zoey fixates her focus on the one she heard speak. "yeah?"

the curly headed boy who had first walked in let out a 'ohhhh,' which caused zoey to  furrow her eyebrows. "nah we marie's cousin i remember ya annoyin ass." the other boy chuckled while the other one that was a tad darker smacked him on the chest.

"my bad he jus high right now. but you zoey right? ma names notti." notti introduces himself, sending the girl a bright smile which caused zoey to send one back.

zoey was about to change the subject but then remembered that marie had asked her to retrieve something. she turned around and said, "marie asked me to ask you for her blinker."

notti winded his eyes. "nah bro i let that nigga ddot hit it then he went ghost. that nigga be on some depressed shi now."

the girl came to a realization on who notti was talking about. "oh are you talm bout the boy with a blue blinker?" zoey blurted out.

notti turned his head back, nodding. "nah you met ddot? that nigga is ruthless bro — i'm sorry on his behalf deadass." the other boy shook his head.

zoey shrugged. "it's okay."

the rest of the period went by quickly since zoey was enjoying her time with the two brothers. this was her first time meeting them in real life since she only said hi on call, she could tell the two were brothers with completely different personalities.

notti was sweet, he had complimented the girl a lil during their conversation. zoey couldn't help but cheese at them because he was so soft even tho he looked hard.

dd was a whole different story, he had a guard up but even after a couple minutes of meeting the girl he welcomed her with open arms. she had learned that both her and him laughed at anything.

now the period had ended and the group of teens where standing outside their history class front door. "what you got right now?" notti asks the girl who remembered what she had next. "english."

"aight tell marie imma get thank ddot nigga to give the blink back. safety tho my heart." he dapped her up, dd doing the same before they went their separate ways.

zoey walked herself to her next class which was english and when she walked in she smiled so hard that she saw the back of marie's head. she could tell it was her just from her braids.

the darkskin girl made her way towards the back of the classroom where marie was sitting. the classroom was set up differently than the history class, with long, rectangular tables arranged in a unique pattern.

zoey snuck up behind marie and playfully wrapped her arms around her neck. marie recognized the touch immediately, as she felt zoey's sparkly nails against her skin. she smiled and turned around to greet her best friend.

"zozoooo. i didn't kno what i was gon do if i didn't see you or jah for another minute,i can't stand ms hootenanny." marie rolled her eyes while zoey jus looks at her with a crazy expression.

"your jokin. that's not her name." zoey puts a hand to her mouth so she doesn't let out the most horrendous laugh ever. "on everything i love man.. that's her real fuckin name." marie shook her head as she popped a piece of gum in her mouth, passing one to zoey.

"oh did u get ma blinker? i been feenin to smoke somethin lord." marie let's out a sigh while zoey jus scratches the back of her head.

"nah.. nah. but i kno who might have it." zoey began while marie nodded inna gesture for her to keep talking. "you kno ddot right, so i think i bumped into him this mornin nd notti told me he had it."

"you think or you know?"

"know..." zoey trailed on.

"ugh that ddot nigga man. he always stealin somebody's shit — oh speak of a devil." marie pursed her lips while she watched the boy walk in the class from the back door. zoey scrunched her eyebrows together, what was it with these niggas and backdoors?"

zoey noticed saw the boy walking towards the seat next to the back door.

the boy walked into the classroom with a heavy sigh, he looked down at the ground as he walked, his face twisted into a deep frown. he looked as if lost in thought. he didn't seem to notice the other students in the room, and he made his way to his seat without saying a word.

his eyes red and puffy. zoey could smell the strong scent of marijuana on him since they weren't so far from each other, a foot maybe. and she guessed that he had been smoking before he got here. off the blinker she noticed he had hanging out his pocket.

zoey watched as her best friend get up from her seat, walking towards the lightskin boy with no care in mind. the girl was staring so bad she didn't even notice before ddot's eyes averted to hers which caused her to look away quickly.

the girl could still feel him staring which made her feel like she was sweating.

"why it look like it finna break?" marie speculated as she looks at her blue blinker which had a small crack on the side of it from the fall it had taken earlier which caused zoey to wince.

"tell ya lil bitch ass friend to watch where she goin cause she almost made the shit break in half." ddot's deep voice explained while marie flicks him on his forehead. "nah you watch where you goin wit ya high ass. knowin you was prolly the one who bumped into her." 

marie was never the type to speak like that to someone. she always had a soft personality with a nice spoken voice. and when she got mad all hell broke loose.

"mhm and watch that bitch word nigga." marie mumbled as she made her way back to where she was sittin before. "i'm sorry mar i ain't mean to break it." zoey mumbled, embarrassed.

she didn't know why she let ddot's word effect her like this because when she didn't know a person she wouldn't let them make her feel as bad as she felt right now. but she did

marie pouts. "no it's okay my heart. it's that ddot nigga that don't got manners no mo. like he deadass don't be talkin to no one no more. the last time i saw this nigga was in july bro."

zoey finds her self frowning. "why?" marie lets out a sigh, she didn't know if she could tell zoey but decided against it since she was also related to her. "you know that one funeral i went to in july? that was his grandma's funeral, my grandma's best friend." marie told her above a whisper but zoey still managed to hear her.

the darkskin girl frowned at what she had just heard. she looked over to the lightskin boy who wasn't on his phone like everybody else was or even talkin to anyone, he had his head down on his desk with his eyes closed.

she felt her heart break a lil when marie said that. this is why she never judges anyone before she knows the frl.

now the only thing set in zoey's mind was to make him her friend, well make him like her atleast. and she was gonna get a conversation out of the boy someway or another.

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"man ion know if i could do that shi anymore ." jahzara let's out a sigh when they walk out of the hell of a school. "you'll live." marie mumbled as she walks with her head down, focused on her phone.

"nah who you textin? nigga be alllll ova that phone." jahzara asks, now making zoey curious to while she eats a bag of hot cheetos. "bro dd and notti wanna pull up to my crib. these niggas act like they don't have a house."

jahzara let's out a chuckle as she takes on of zoey's hot cheetos. "homeless people activity."

"right." marie mumbles.

zoey wanted to open her mouth and ask if ddot was coming but chose against it. until it went silence upon the three girls which met she definitely said that out loud.

"do you want me to ask if he is?" marie grinned at the darkskin girl who purses her lips in embarrassment. "no it's fine." she mumbled before shoving hot cheetos in her mouth.

jahzara and marie both looked at each other with a knowing look, knowing she was gonna do the complete opposite of zoey had requested. while zoey was zoned out jahzara and marie were too busy on texting ddot to come over to her crib.

"y'all think aliens exist fr?" zoey asks , glancing over to her friends who were grinning at marie's phone. "what y'all doin.." zoey drags as she watches marie answer a call.

"hell no nigga. i got things to do when i go home." the deep sound which sounded like ddot's voice to zoey said into the phone causing her to let out a small frown.

marie smacks her teeth. "like what nigga?"

"like going to sleep? smokin a blunt? niggas act like i don't have a life." ddot let's out slightly annoyed sigh.

"cause you don't." marie snap back at the boy while jahzara lets out a loud laugh, zoey covering her own small laughter with her hand. "suck my dick." he mumbled.

"bro but pleaseee? i haven't seen yo dumbass in so long and neither have ma. she think you dead or sum." marie pleads as she looks to her side, grinning at zoey who jus scrunches her face up, looking away embarrassingly.

ddot sighed. he always had a soft side for marie and her family due to the fact on how close their families were so they had a small brother and sister dynamic while other times marie couldn't stand the boy.

and neither could ddot.

"aight bro. i'll be there at 9." ddot mumbled back but marie almost breaks her neck when she heard that. "nine nigga? you suppose to be here by half an hour. oh that's ya ass darrian."

"mmcht chill on the gov. i'll be there in half a hour nigga, now go suck a dick." and with that he hangs up without marie being able to say anything else.

"bro mar. that was not necessary." zoey nudges her softly in the shoulder with a small flustered smile on her face.

"you're welcome my heartyy." marie squeals while jahzara just mugs the air. "ugh i hate couples." jahzara nodded her hair to a random couple that walked hand in hand around the block.

zoey let out a small laugh at the girl's quick mood swings. out of the trio jah was definitely the mean one along with being bipolar. she switched her emotions so quick you couldn't even blink.

"but zoey you comin right?" marie asks as she slips her phone inside her pocket while zoey nods — even though she hasn't asked for permission she knew both of her parents would let her.

as long as she was with either marie or jahzara, zoey's parents would let her go.

the darkskin girl sends a text to her mom since she was most likely on break right now, telling her she would be over marie's. she ended up getting permission obviously now all she had to do was go home and change into something else.

zoey threw the bag of hot cheetos away, dusting her hands off. "imma walk home to change i'll be y'all there." she told the girls who nodded, exchanging hugs before zoey began walking alway.

her house wasn't too far but it wasn't too close , 6 blocks minimum but her dad wasn't home to pick her up nor was her mom. plus she hated taking a cab.

when the girl got home she sprinted up her stairs towards her room. she chose to change into a pair of white fluffy sweatpants along with her white pink and white dunks. zoey switched out her shirt for a white tank top , her pink nike tech on top of it.

the last thing she did was release her curls out of the tight ponytail it was in, letting that scalp breath.

zoey grabbed her wallet since she wanted to get something from the deli.

after allat moving the girl stepped out of her house, making her way to deli that was around the corner of marie's apartment complex since she didn't live too far. it was a quick in and out, she picked up a minute lemonade along with chips.

when she was done she walked back to marie's complex. the girl decided to take the elevator since it was the quickest way. zoey came to a halt when she walked into the elevator seeing as somebody walked into the same one last minute.

zoey made eye contact with the person just to see it was ddot. she looked away to suppress the smile that was making the way onto her face but then looked back at the boy who leaned against the elevator with closed eyes.

the girl looked at him seeing as he was in the same outfit he was in school. in her mind they were matching since he was also in a nike tech, his was only blue while hers was pink.

the boy wore a chain with a heart-shaped chain that had a picture of a woman inside. he seemed upset, and his body language was closed off.

zoey could tell he didn't wanna be here.

zoey knew ddot was attractive, but she never said anything. ddot had his curly hair no longer in a tight ponytail, and zoey couldn't help but notice how good he looked.

the darkskin girl couldn't help but stare. his curly hair cascaded down his back in waves. he looked like a completely different person, and zoey couldn't take her eyes off of him. he just looked so good to her.

now zoey was so into looking at the boy she didn't even realize the elevator had stopped and ddot had noticed her. "fuck you lookin at." he said, looking at her directly in the eyes but zoey kept a large smile on her face.

"nothin." she mumbled as she looked away while ddot looked at her like she had grown two heads. he had felt her starin but didn't say anything but now it was creepy.

ddot rolled his eyes as he walked out the elevator door. he didn't like the girl at all. even thought they didn't even meet fr he knew she was annoyin. and he had no intention of making friends wit her either.

the two walked together to marie's apartment door, well not together since zoey was the one asking in front while ddot just trailed behind her with his head down, focused on his phone.

zoey rung the bell that was next to the front door, patiently waiting for someone to come to the door. marie ended up being the one to open it, giving zoey a small hug. "hi zozo. oh! ain't that a view?" marie mumbled — her eyes landing on the lightskin boy who looked at her with a mug.

"you irk me." darrian spoke lightly as he walked past zoey, walking into marie's apartment.

marie kisses her teeth. "that nigga on his period."

zoey just laughs softly, walking right behind marie. zoey waves to dd and notti who were sitting on the couch playing a game on marie's tv. she smiles when they wave back at her.

the girl hugs jahzara who was in the midst of trying to learn a tiktok dance. "man what the fuck is this." jahzara groans as she walks over to her phone to watch the tutorial.

"you look mad goofy tryna learn a dance jah." notti chuckles but stops when the girl throws a empty bottle of water at him. "neva that serious." he huffs under his breath.

zoey sits next to marie who starts rollin up a blunt. everybody was really jus doing there own thing and as much as zoey wanted to get up and talk to someone she didn't wanna bother no one.

the darkskin girl pulled out her bag of hot cheetos that she loves so much, another bag that she just bought from the deli, and started munching on them like there was no tomorrow.

"gimme one." marie holds out her hand like a whole ass mother while zoey does as she asked.

don't ask but she loves sharing with people. she doesn't know why she just likes giving people stuff of hers. and the thing was she thought everybody was like that, one of her worst traits.

"nah nah i'm off this." notti gets up, pulling up his sagging pants, throwing the game control at the tv. "notti that's not even my tv." marie smacks her lips together as she puts her lips to the blunt, sealing it close.

"oo pass me." notti holds in hands in grabby motions while marie just shakes her head.

"you a whole ass addict." she laughed as she blows smoke outta her mouth.

zoey doesn't even smoke like that but she didn't mind it. when she did get high she was the type to bother everyone in sight, it didn't matter who you were. "zo here." marie passes the blunt to her.

"thank you." she accepts the blunt gracefully and she swears she was already high. the girl was the type to get high quickly. and it always stayed for a long time.

zoey ended up zoning out while she ate the chips and everybody was talking but her, and coincidentally ddot was almost not talkin to nobody.

zoey smiled at the boy who wasn't paying her no mind, all caught up on his phone. without anybody noticing she got up from her seat — walking over to the lightskin boy.

"hi." zoey greeted.

darrian lifted his head up and of course his face was twist up in a mug. he just blinked twice before totally ignoring her, going back on his phone.

zoey didn't let that stop her from trying to converse with the boy tho. she liked a challenge and even though he didn't wanna talk to her, she was gonna find a way to make him comfortable enough to talk to her.

zoey looked over the boys outfit but it obviously didn't change but she still wanted to compliment him. "i like your shoes." she told the boy, seeing as he had on dark blue dunks.

"we're almost matching." she smiled while ddot turned his head back to her, mugging her once again.

"nigga you jus don't shut the fuck up. huh?" darrian said as he watched the girl just smile at him the warmest smile somebody had given to him. "want one?" she asks, offering her chips, completely ignoring his other words.

he scanned her face for any look of disgust. cause anybody who seen how darrian looks at this point of his life would literally run away. he had eye bags, scars all around his face but little to his knowing zoey thought he was the prettiest boy she's actually ever seen.

"no." he lied through his teeth. he wasn't used to anybody being so persistent into talking to him, it actually scared him.

zoey shrugs. "well you can have the rest if you change your mind." she insists before moving away back to her original seat next to marie.

ddot waits until he feels like zoey doesn't care anymore before proceeding to put the bag of chips on his lap, eating them.

while he thought zoey didn't care she was side eying him with a big smile on her face. yeah he definitely likes her now.

F SPEAKS .

NOTE — CHILE Y'ALLLLLLLLLLLL. so mad chee forced me to make it less than 10k words ☹️. but the longest i've ever wrote nd do y'all like long chapters causeee. imma do long chapters for this book 💁🏾‍♀️. this ma main book rn so don't worry imma update otha books but not consistently as this. anyways bye fia loves uuu 💗.